Chapter 236
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Ronald stepped forward and gently placed his hand on her forehead, feeling the heat of a slight fever.
Worried, he called for Finley to come over.
Finley checked her temperature and remarked, “What’s with you two siblings? Drinking is one thing, but getting a fever from it?” As he spoke, he pulled out a pill from the medicine box and handed it to Ronald.
Ronald didn’t take it right away, fixing him with a cold glare.
Meeting his icy stare, Finley swallowed nervously. “What? What’s wrong?”
Ronald’s tone was sharp. “You two siblings?”
Finley blinked, completely baffled.
What did he say wrong now? Weren’t they siblings?
Ronald finally took the pill from him. “If you can’t speak properly, it’s better to stay silent, or you’ll find your mouth sewn shut.”
“I didn’t say anything wrong, did I?”
Was there a mistake? It was a mystery why they always ended up feverish after drinking.
Finley was left utterly confused. He couldn’t fathom which part of his words had struck a nerve.
Ronald gave him another icy look, and Finley resigned, “Fine, I’ll keep quiet!”
“Oh, just one more thing to add. Cloudia hasn’t left yet. She’s been trying to find a way to see our little sister, Star.”
At this, Ronald shot him another cold glance.
Finley frowned. “What now?”
It was driving him crazy, trying to figure out what could possibly be wrong with what he said.
Ronald’s gaze softened as he slipped the pill into Stella’s mouth and helped her drink some water.
“You don’t have your own sister?”
Finley sighed. The last time he saw his sister, she was so tanned it was almost unbearable to look at.
“Her? More like a lump of coal. Heh,
you’d think she and Yvonne were
made for each other, always
sw novel.ne
competing for years, yet so similar.”
The only real difference was that his sister loved dressing fiery hot, especially in skirts, while Yvonne was the epitome of a tomboy.
Ronald raised an eyebrow. “If Skye Yoder hears you say that, you’ll be in a world of hurt.”
Finley waved him off. “Then just don’t tell her. I can’t believe you’d gossip, though.”
Speaking of Skye, Finley felt a pang of distress. Everyone else’s sister was soft and cute, but his had been chasing him around, fists ready, since they were kids. Good for
nothing but the first in fight orefine
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Back in school, their parents had grown so tired of being called in, so he was often the one sent to deal with her brawls.
Finley still remembered the sting of being yelled at by her teacher; it felt like it happened just yesterday!
“You can leave now.”
Ronald’s blunt tone snapped Finley out of his thoughts.
Finley quickly packed up, famished and ready to find somewhere to eat.
“And Cloudia? Aren’t you going to deal with her?”
Cloudia had been lingering around since the afternoon, refusing to leave.
Thinking of Stella’s mother, a dark shadow passed through Ronald’s eyes. “Deal with her? Just wait.”
Waiting was the hardest part, especially with the current state of the Larkin family, and the whole Larkin Group was in disarray.
Finley nodded, “Alright then, you going to eat?”
It didn’t seem like Stella was in any state to eat.
“You go ahead,” Ronald replied, his
attention on Stella’s still flushed face. He decided to wait until her feve subsided before worrying about himself.
As Finley left, Ronald turned back to Stella, brushing her warm cheek.
Stella’s eyes fluttered open, groggy and unfocused. “Ronald?”
Something stirred in Ronald’s chest. He had never known before how it felt like to have her, tipsy, whispering his name.
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